Comments on: Starbucks Haiku

by: weylon

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:41:54 +0000

Starbucks Barrista
Connect discover respond
Be legendary

by: David

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 06:44:35 +0000

Tall, grande, venti–
What in the world was wrong with
Small, medium, large?

by: angry_mutant

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:35:14 +0000

Truly crap coffee
Price is daylight robbery
Others offer more

by: KEN

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:56:08 +0000

Never had a cup!
What is the big attraction?
I drink juice instead.

by: Maureen

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:17:36 +0000

HOME BREW

Toastmaster grinder
Behold! A fine powdered gold
The mills of the gods

by: Hal

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:03:47 +0000

Teaspoon disolving acid brew
over-priced thick throat gluck
Where the diner was

by: Maureen

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:02:51 +0000

Super America

Half filled with dark roast
Vanilla capuccino
24 ounces - all mine

by: Maureen

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:59:13 +0000

ETERNITY

Brain fog when I rise
Stumble toward my maker
Mr. Coffee slow

by: Ted

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:19:38 +0000

Oh, and I remember this haiku from years ago — but it wasn’t about Starbucks, just a mediocre coffee shop on campus:

“It pisses me off –
they always scald the milk here!”
“Just get espresso.”

by: Ted

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:13:28 +0000

This isn’t a Haiku, but it is Starbucks-inspired non-rhyming poetry… several months ago, I suddenly realized just how many trochees they have on their menu…

vente double decaf latte
grande mocha cappucino
etc. etc.

it was all reminding me of Hiawatha
(By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
etc.)

So…

At the Palo Alto Starbucks
(not the one near town and country,
but the one on el camino –
close to where it crosses meadow

ordered nonfat decaf latte
at the counter the barrista
asked me did I want that vente?
no, I said, just give me grande
grande nonfat decaf latte –
maybe could you make that double?
double grande nonfat latte?
nonfat decaf double latte?
sure she said, that’s no problemo

very soon they called my name out
telling me my drink was ready,
quickly I ran up and got it
I ran up and got my latte
got my latte from the counter
took my latte to the table
took it to the little table
where they keep the sprinkly sugar
and the stir-rods, and the holders,
(cardboard sleeves to guard ones fingers
from the burning heat of coffee)

then I sprinkled chocolate on it
sprinkled chocolate on my latte
flecks of ghiradelli chocolate
sprinkled onto nonfat milkfoam

…..
I should go on, but then I ran out of steam (r-r!)

by: Rolandhand

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:03:47 +0000

A boring night class,
The teacher drones on and on….
Triple Latte, Please!

Teaching at night school,
Ungratefull students bore her….
Triple Latte, Please!

Students and Teachers
Why not just meet at Starbucks?
Triple Latte, Please!

by: Stef

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:30:10 +0000

Since the one in my town is the local teen hangout and has a window seat outside, we get:

Teenagers’ feet block-
ing sidewalks, frappuccinos,
stinking cigarettes

by: Ron Drake

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:27:38 +0000

I went to Starbucks
“Do they have wireless here?”
No. They have latte.

by: Carlo Milono

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:56:54 +0000

Where’s the aroma?
It’s only the roasted taste,
so uninteresting.

by: Patti Beadles

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:07:43 +0000

Cookie cutter stores
Boring, soulless little shops
And the coffee’s gross

by: Patti Beadles

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:07:07 +0000

Frapuccinos suck
We slurp empty calories
No wonder we’re fat

by: Patti Beadles

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:06:18 +0000

Only game in town
Since they ran the cool shops out
Man this stuff is crap

by: PBandJ

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:51:52 +0000

Need fix now, oh God
am crack whore, without the crack
where’s my i.v. drip?

yes, would love pastry
you upsell me like no other
you sweet barista

by: Grumpy Old Man

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:19:17 +0000

Mid-day pick me up
Triple grande latte please
Four bucks? Usury.

Morning work commute.
Lawrence and El Camino
Drive-through Starbucks. Mmmm.

Charred bean elixir
Legal crack for working man
I can quit right now

by: no-blog-rachel

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:33:31 +0000

Hazelnut latte
Overpriced addictive bean
Caffeinate my day